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1979 Pioneer 11 makes first fly-by of Saturn , discovers new moon and rings
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1930 First non-stop flight from Europe to U.S. (37 hours) - Early notable transatlantic flights
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1912 World's first cannery opens in England to supply food to the navy
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1876 The first Canadian prepared storm warning is issued from the Meteorological Service of Canada located in Toronto
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1958 First colour video recording on magnetic tape is presented in Charlotte, NC
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1919 Wilson Greatbatch is born. Inventor of the pacemaker and the lithium-iodide battery cell.
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1936 Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) begins operations- Generating Power - Ontario Power Generation: Learning Zone
Labour Day
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Monarch migration starts - Monarch Teacher Network Canada
International Literacy Day
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1954 Toronto's Marilyn Bell (age 16) becomes the first person to swim across Lake Ontario
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1899 Second earthquake in 7 days hits Yakutat Bay, Alaska -
Teacher Resources on Earthquakes
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1916 The centre span of the Quebec Bridge falls while being hoisted in position killing 13 men
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1970 USSR launches Luna 16 (returns samples from lunar Sea of Fertility)
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1922 Highest temperature ever recorded on the Earth at Al Aziziyah , Libya (58 °C)
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1959 The USSR's Lunik II satellite is the first man-made object to reach the moon
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1928 Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin - How do antibiotics work?
1912 Howard Rapson known for his work in pulp and paper chemistry, is born in Toronto, Ontario
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1945 Barometric pressure at 856 mb (25.55") off Okinawa (record low)
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1975 Rollout of first NASA space shuttle orbiter Enterprise (OV-101)
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World Water Monitoring Day
1977 Voyager 1 takes the first space photograph of the Earth and Moon together
Rosh Hashanah begins
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Clean up the World Weekend
1915 Pathologist Elizabeth Stern is born in Cobalt, Ontario
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World's hardest element, a diamond , is discovered with a 10 Moh's
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International Day of Peace
1826 Construction begins on the Rideau Canal
Eid-al-Fitr
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First day of Autumn - Autumnal Equinox activities
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1930 The photographic flashbulb is patented
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1852 The Dirigible achieves the first powered and controlled flight ever
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1956 Telephone conversations are transmitted across the Atlantic via an underwater cable for the first time
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1991 Four men and four women begin a two-year stay inside Biosphere 2
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1969 The Ontario Science Centre opens to the public
Yom Kippur begins
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1932 Sci-fi writer Michael Coney is born
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1962 Canada's first satellite, the Alouette 1 is launched
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1882 The first hydroelectric power plant begins operation in Wisconsin
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